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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rowe knows that there might come a point at which he is released but hates the thought of what?
(a) Where his captors will release him.
(b) Waiting until then.
(c) Allowing his captors to hold that power over him.
(d) Being left alone.

2. Who spots Rowe?
(a) A tank.
(b) The Vietcong.
(c) Choppers.
(d) Soldiers.

3. What happens to Rowe's camp?
(a) It is bombed again.
(b) It is captured.
(c) It is destroyed.
(d) It is invaded.

4. What do Rowe's captors tell the villagers?
(a) Rowe had deserved to die but that he was being treated leniently by the NLF.
(b) Rowe will be returned to the Americans.
(c) Rowe will be executed shortly.
(d) Rowe is now a member of the National Liberation Front.

5. What does he name them?
(a) Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.
(b) Herc and Ajax.
(c) Chang and Eng.
(d) Samson and Delilah.

6. How does Rowe feel after eating this meal?
(a) Happy.
(b) Ill.
(c) Tired.
(d) Full.

7. What is Rowe's dog's name?
(a) Hop.
(b) Skip.
(c) Jump.
(d) Bounce.

8. What do some of the guards do to the animals?
(a) They play with them.
(b) They feed them.
(c) They try to catch them.
(d) They torment them.

9. Why does Rowe feel somewhat exhilarated?
(a) He is to be responsible for no one other than himself.
(b) He is growing stronger.
(c) He is allowed more freedom.
(d) He makes new friends.

10. How does Rowe draw attention to himself?
(a) He goes into a clearing and jumps up and down.
(b) He goes into a clearing and waves his white mosquito netting.
(c) He yells in English.
(d) He begins to scream.

11. Alone, Rowe is initially ___________________.
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Depressed.

12. What does Rowe do to one of his captors?
(a) He convinces him to run away.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He confuses him.
(d) He attacks him.

13. Rowe hastily comes up with a cover story, saying that he'd been trying to find better fishing grounds and that he'd set lines along the way. What is enough to plant doubt that Rowe is trying to escape?
(a) The way in which he tells the story.
(b) The presence of lines, though someone else's.
(c) The lines he has in his hands.
(d) His fluent Vietnamese.

14. On September 14, what happens to Rowe?
(a) He is taken on a tour of the region.
(b) He is sent to a new camp.
(c) He becomes ill.
(d) He is rescued.

15. What punishment does Rowe receive when he continues to refuse the Vietcong's request?
(a) He is refused food.
(b) He is put in shackles in the middle of the camp.
(c) He is sent to bed without his clothing or his mosquito net.
(d) He is beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rowe retrieved?

2. What will be sold by the guards?

3. How do many of the Vietnamese people feel about Rowe?

4. What happens when Rowe is moved to another base?

5. How long is the camp moved?

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